Vorlage:HISTORY January 22

HISTORY: January 22

Events On January 22, 1675 Huygens commissioned Isaac Thuret to complete the first model (prototype) of a pocket watch using a balance-spring (hairspring) and balance (foliot) after their design. Births Feodor William Rüffert was born on 22nd January, 1835 in Borna near Leipzig. John Henri LeCoultre was born on 22nd January, 1872 in Le Sentier. Deaths Samuel Franz died on 22nd January, 1896 in Engelfangen (Saarbrücken).